Garment-hanger.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

L. F. L. PYNGHON. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented September 6, 1904:.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAURISTON F. L. PYNCHON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,634, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed December 8,1903. Serial No. 184.277. (No model.)

To (JZ 1071/0771, [15 III/([17] con/0127".-

Be it known that I, LAURIS'ION F. L. .PYN- CHON,a citizen ofthe United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment- Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garmout-hangers. It provides means for supporting several skirts or pairs of trousers side by side, so that any article may be withdrawn from the device without detaching the others.

It further consists of means for supporting such skirts or trousers without wrinkling them and without making any undesirable mark thereon. patented by me November 27, 1900, No. 662,656. In that device the trousers-supporting portion was made of round wire. This I find in some cases to mark the trousers held between such portions. intended to obviate that objection.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a form of device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section through the line .r ,r, Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and I represent in perspective portions of modified forms of my device. Figs. 5 and (5 represent sectional views of different forms.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings. 1 designates a back or supporting portion, shown as provided with holes by which it may be attached to a wall or partition. Secured to the back I is a bar 3 of a trousers-supporting strip at. The strip 4 comprises a plurality of bars 3, each of which consists of two parallel vertical portions 5 connected by a web 6. The bar-s3 are alternately connected at their opposite ends by semicircular portions 7, which are shown as narrower than the bars 3. By making the portion 3 of the width shown the trousers inserted therebetween are held apart from each other. To insure greater rigidity, as well as the perfect parallelism of the bars 3, I may It is an improvement over a device I V HTSOnt device IS l ol llled, 21% bet 0P0, f IIIVPI'tiQd'U Shape,

provide a brace 9, extending from the upper portion of the support 1 to the outer side of the exterior bar 3 at the side of the device opposite said support.

In the form of my device shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings the bars 3 of the portion e are made of substantially the same width as the connecting portion 8 by which they are united. In other words, the cross-section of the strip is substantially the same at all portions of its length, being of an inverted-U-shape with flat and parallel vertical surfaces. This form of construction insures great strength in proportion to the weight of the metal employed, provides necessary resiliency, and furnishes flat surfaces between which the trousers are engaged, so that they are not injuriously marked no matter what their texture. It is of course understood that the device may be finished by plating, japanning, enameling, or otherwise, as desired.

In Fig. I of the device I have shown bars with flat and parallel vertical surfaces. In this form of my device, however, the bars 10 are straight and are held in their parallel relation by substantially U-shape braces ll, riveted to the bars 10, as shown in the drawings. To insure the smooth outersurfaces of the adjacent bars 10, I have shown the braces II as passing within the bars, so as to be secured to the inner sides thereof.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slightly different construction, wherein I employ a metal strip, as 12, bent to form bars connected alternately at their opposite ends, and l suitably secure to said strip of metal 12 facings l3, having fiat faces, so that the adjacent surfaces thereof are substantially flat to conform to the construction shown in the other figures. In Fig. I have shown the faces connected, while in Fig. 6 Ihavc shown them as separate pieces attached on opposite sides to a metal strip 12.

It is evident that by using a strip of U- shaped cross-section, a piece of tubing having flat parallel sides, or any similar hollow bar the weight of the device is lessened and the resiliency of the bent ends very much increased. The flat vertical portions provide smooth parallel surfaces of sufficient width not to mark or injure garments hanging therebetween. At the sametime it is important that the bars themselves be of sufficient width to prevent the separate garments touching each other. By making the bar hollow, by which term I include any non-solid section, both these advantages are gained, while sufiic'ient spring is given to the bars to firmly retain the garment therebetween. The inverted- U-shaped cross-sectional bar shown is light and excludes dust.

It is obvious that the forms of the device shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 are still more resilient than the form shown in Fig. 3, as the reduced cross-section of the connecting portions will bend more easily than the relatively wide cross-section of the connecting portion 8. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

It is evident that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art which may come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of hollow bars having substantially flat and parallel adjacent surfaces and means for sup porting said bars in proper relation.

2. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of strips of metal of substantially U-shape cross-section and means for supporting said strips in proper relation.

3. A garment-hanger comprisinga plurality of parallel hollow bars having substantially flat and parallel adjacent surfaces connected alternately at their opposite ends.

4:. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of hollow cross-section bent to form a plurality of parallel bars having substantially flat and parallel adjacent surfaces united alternately at their opposite ends.

' 5. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of hollow cross-section having substantially parallel sides and a connecting-web bent to form a plurality of parallel bars united alternately at their opposite ends.

6. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of a U-shape cross-section bent to form a plurality of parallel bars united alternately at their opposite ends.

7. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of hollow cross-section having substantially flat vertical surfaces bent to form a plurality of bars united alternately at their opposite ends anda support secured at one side of one of the exterior bars.

, 8. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of hollow cross-section having substantially flat vertical surfaces bent to form a plurality of parallel bars united alternately at their opposite ends and a support secured to one of the exterior bars intermediate its ends. 9. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of parallel bars having substantially flat and parallel adjacent surfaces connected alternately at their opposite ends by portions of reduced cross-section.

10. A garment-hanger comprising a strip of metal of a U-shape cross-section bent to form a plurality of parallel bars united alternately at their opposite ends by portions of reduced cross-section.

11. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of hollow parallel bars having substantially fiat garment-engaging surfaces, supporting means attached to one of the exterior bars and extending thereabove, and separate supporting means extending from said first- Eamed supporting means to the other exterior 12. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of hollow bars having substantially flat garment-engaging surfaces connected alternately at their opposite ends, a support on one of the exterior bars and extending thereabove and providing means'for suspending said hanger, and a support extending from said first-mentioned support to the other exterior bar.

13. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of parallel bars having substantially flat and parallel adjacent surfaces connected at their opposite ends, a support secured to one of the exterior bars intermediate its ends and a brace connecting said support with the other exterior bar.

14. A garment-hanger comprising a plurality of hollow bars having substantially flat garment-engaging surfaces and means for supporting said bars in proper relation.

LAURISTON F. L; PYNCHON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, TM. OANER WIEDERSHEIM. 

